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–noun

1.	something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.

2.	the act of implying: His implication of immediate changes surprised us.

3.	the state of being implied: to know only by implication.

4.	Logic. the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.

5.	the act of implicating: the implication of his accomplices.

6.	the state of being implicated: We heard of his implication in a conspiracy.

7.	Usually, implications. relationships of a close or intimate nature; involvements: the religious implications of ancient astrology.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME implicacio(u)n < L implicātiōn- (s. of implicātiō) an interweaving, equiv. to implicāt(us) (see implicate) + -iōn- -ion

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—Related forms

im·pli·ca·tion·al, adjective

—Synonyms 7. associations, connections.

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im·pli·ca·tion Audio Help (ĭm'plĭ-kā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

The act of implicating or the condition of being implicated.
The act of implying or the condition of being implied.
Something that is implied, especially:
1. An indirect indication; a suggestion.
2. An implied meaning; implicit significance.
3. An inference. See Usage Note at infer.

im'pli·ca'tive adj., im'pli·ca'tive·ly adv.

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implication

"involvement, interweaving," c.1430, from L. implicationem (nom. implicatio) "interweaving, entanglement," from implicatus, pp. of implicare "involve, entangle, connect closely," from in- "in" + plicare "to fold" (see ply). Implicate in the sense of "involve a person in a crime, charge, etc." is from 1797.

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implication
noun
1.	something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications" [syn: deduction]
2.	a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication" [syn: significance]
3.	an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
4.	a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form 'if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false
5.	a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"

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Implication

Im`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. implicatio: cf. F. implication.]

1. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

Three principal causes of firmness are. the grossness, the quiet contact, and the implication of component parts. --Boyle.

2. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

Whatever things, therefore, it was asserted that the king might do, it was a necessary implication that there were other things which he could not do. --Hallam.

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